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Pope Francis alert and eating, Vatican says

By Reuters Pope Francis, spending his seventh day in hospital as he battles pneumonia, is alert and got out of bed to eat breakfast on Thursday morning, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pontiff is undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted on February 14 after struggling with breathing difficulties for several days. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a brief update that the pope had slept well and had breakfast while seated in an armchair. The pope’s condition was stable and he had shown “slight improvement” in results from recent blood tests, the Vatican said in its latest medical statement on Wednesday evening. Francis is suffering from double pneumonia, a serious infection that can inflame and scar […]

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